Fashion went to the movies – and took them over: archive, 1 November 1997

1 November 1997 Hollywood and the world of fashion have long enjoyed a close and mutually beneficial relationship

There is a scene at the beginning of John Woo’s spectacular new film Face/Off in which Nicolas Cage strides down a runway. His eyes are covered in designer shades, his long black frock coat is blowing in the breeze. His boots gleam and the wind flicks around the elegant hemline of his jacket. We haven’t quite worked out who he is. We don’t know where he’s going. We don’t know what he’s done. The clothes, however, are definitely Donna Karan.